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Former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner, who resigned over a sexting scandal in 2011, says he's weighing a run for New York City mayor this year.

When we unveiled our first rankings of the 2016 Democratic field last Friday, something fascinating happened. Emails from smart Democratic strategist types started rolling in, all with a similar theme: How could we have left Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel off of our top 10 list?

Mayor Cory Booker of Newark, N.J., rallied Democrats on Tuesday night to kick off the party’s national convention in Charlotte, N.C. -- urging delegates and others in the crowd to back the party platform, which he said will move America forward with investment in education, fair taxation and other policy goals.

Julian Castro, the mayor of San Antonio, has been tapped to deliver the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte. Castro, a 37-year-old Stanford and Harvard graduate, has been hailed as an up-and-comer in Democratic politics. He is the first Hispanic to give the Democratic keynote address -- a speaking slot that catapulted a then-little known Barack Obama into the national spotlight in 2004.